[richard roop]

in reply to: Tuning / untuning decision. #135071

I think that you may be on to something with the hand torque.

I’m taking a ‘rest day’ and will do some serious torque trials tomorrow.  If I can isolate the hand with my current set-up the arrows ‘should’ start drifting to the left.

I swear, the more I learn about the pointed stick, the less I realize I know.

[richard roop]

in reply to: Tuning / untuning decision. #135053

I want to be a teenager again. I knew everything when I was a teenager.  Now, I’m just old and confused.

Went out with some 2413s.  If that’s not stiff enough for a 60# ‘curve, I give up. Everything to the right.

Went back to 2213s and worked on stance, posture, head position & anchor points. Everything to the right.

Gave up and put the old rest back on.  Nocked arrow is back to being quite a bit left of center.  Arrow flight is not perfect like it was but not too bad.  Shot  six arrows centered on the spot in a group the size of a paper plate at 50 yards.  Happy camper !!! …………….. Clueless, but happy !!!

[richard roop]

in reply to: Tuning / untuning decision. #135031

Pointed sticks gonna drive me crazy. (Ok, crazier.)

Tournament went well & the next day shot the worst field round I’ve ever shot.  Tournament was a 3-D, 30 yard affair. Died on the Field on anything over 50 yards. Everything to the right.

Moved the rest out a bit more and took a quiver mixed with 2213s & slightly stiffer 2117s to the 60 yard line. Nice group spot high right (2213s) and nice group low right (2117s).

Thinking mayhap that my anchor shifted about the time I got dentures ???? Seems like I’m looking straight down the shaft but gradual shifts are evil.

 

[richard roop]

in reply to: Books for Traditional Bowhunters #135004

45 Unforgettable Bowhunters by M.R. James was a good read.

Archery It’s Theory and Practice by Horace Ford is interesting in that the more things change the more they stay the same.  A lot of his shooting advice is still valid today.

Toxophilus The School Of Shooting by Roger Ascham. (Reprint)  Not an easy read but if you’re going to shoot single string ………. what the heck.

A Traditional Bowhunter’s Path deserves the good reviews it’s gotten.

[richard roop]

in reply to: Tuning / untuning decision. #135003

Stephen;

Thanx for the suggestion. I had considered spine, but not for too long. The arrow flight that I was getting was a thing of beauty.  Since I’m shooting a tournament in Historic Globe Az. today, I split the difference on the rest position and moved it back out aprox. 3/16″.  Arrow flight and point of impact should be good enough to get me thru the day.

Hopefully, it’s not the 2213 arrows. I made up a lot of them during the summer.  I’ll try a few 2117s & some 2219s just to see where they go.  If it does turn out to be a stiffness problem, I’ve been thinking on taking a few 2213s and scoping in about a 14″ section of 2013 , centered over the balance point and a few more centered over the actual center. Kinda like an inside barrel taper.  Much to do …………….

[richard roop]

in reply to: Welcome #134989

Greetings and salutations from South Eastern Arizona. Been lurking on several sites and decided to jump in on this one.

Been involved in archery so long that I made arrows for Robin Hood. (Yes, I can back that statement up.)  Bought my first few compounds from Tom Jennings himself.  Came back to the ‘curve about five years ago and am still learning all of the time.  Most recently was a couple of weeks of fun with brace height. “If I make the B-50 string this long, it will stretch this much and my brace height will be ……. ??”

Hopefully, I can fit in here, contribute and not stir too much poo-poo.

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